Passive Voice
Convert to passive: "They publish the school magazine every month."
The school magazine is published every month.
Report this yes/no question: "Is the final exam next Monday?"
He asked whether the final exam was the following Monday.
or
She asked if the final exam was next Monday.
What is the participial adjective, and is it in the present or past tense? "The interested students stayed after class."
"interested" = past participial adjective.
Fill in the correct tense: "By the time the teacher arrived, the students ____ (finish) the test."
"had finished" → By the time the teacher arrived, the students had finished the test.
Choose the correct passive sentence: (a) "The window was broken by the ball." (b) "The window broke by the ball." Explain why the other option is wrong.
(a) is correct
(b) is incorrect because "broke by the ball" needs the passive auxiliary "was" and the past perfect form "broken"
Report this wh-question: "Why did you leave the party early?"
He/she asked why I had left the party early.
Choose the correct form: "The news left him (bored / boring)." Explain your choice.
"bored" — "The news left him bored."
(He was bored as a result. We use the "-ed" ending to describe how a person feels as a result of something.)
Choose correct tense and explain your choice.
"She (already / leave) when he arrived." → options: simple past vs. past perfect.
"She had already left when he arrived."
(past perfect for earlier action)
Rewrite in passive: "Someone will announce the winners tomorrow."
"The winners will be announced by someone tomorrow."
(Better: "The winners will be announced tomorrow.")
Report this question in the past perfect: "When did she realize she had lost the keys?"
He/she asked when she had realized she had lost the keys.
Create a sentence using a past participial adjective formed from the verb "confuse" to describe a student.
Example: "The students were confused by the complex instructions." (participial adjective: confused)
Put into past perfect or simple past as appropriate: "After they (pack) the bags, they (drive) to the station."
"After they had packed the bags, they drove to the station."
Transform to passive and change the tense appropriately: "The committee had chosen a candidate before the interview."
"A candidate had been chosen by the committee before the interview."
Report these two direct questions as a single reported-question sentence.
"Do you know where the meeting is?"
and "Can you tell me whether it starts at nine?"
He/she asked if I knew where the meeting was and whether it started at nine.
Is this sentence correct or incorrect? Why?
"Excited about the job, the man accepted the offer."
It is correct, because the participial adjective "excited" describes how a person feels as a result of the job offer.
Combine into a single sentence using past perfect for the earlier action: "He missed the plane. He didn't check in on time."
"He missed the plane, because he had not checked in on time." (past perfect for earlier failure to check in)
Edit for natural passive use: Change this sentence to passive and make any necessary adjustments for clarity: "People say that the new policy will increase attendance."
"It is said that the new policy will increase attendance."
or "The new policy is said to increase attendance."
Report this question with modal shift and backshifting as needed: "Will they have finished the project by Friday?" (asked yesterday)
He asked (yesterday) if/whether they would have finished the project by Friday.
Correct this sentence: "Frustrating but hopeful, the team designed a new research study to clarify the confused test results.
"Frustrated but hopeful, the team designed a new research study to clarify the confusing test results."
"When I tried to board my flight, I realized that I had left my passport at home."